Natural Selection on Polygenic Traits. Mechanisms of Evolution –The main causes of evolutionary change are genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection.
Evolution Ben Spoerlein Resident Assistant Ball State University Muncie, IN.
Biology Warm-up Sketch the diagram below. It represents a structure found in most cells. The section labeled A in the diagram is most likely a A. Protein.
Biology 15.2 How Populations Evolve How Populations Evolve.
3 Causes of Deviation from Equilibrium 1. Natural Selection ○ Stabilizing selection ○ Disruptive selection ○ Directional selection 2. Genetic Drift.
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium -And how it affects evolution.
CHAPTER 16 POPULATION GENETICS AND SPECIATION. SECTION 1 GENETIC EQUILIBRIUM Population genetics-is the study of evolution from a genetic point of view.
Human-chimp speciation ~ 1. inferring the mode of speciation from genomic data: a study of the great apes 2. genetic evidence for complex speciation of.
Could GM foods contain new toxins? Part II: Are GM foods safe to eat Could GM foods cause allergies? Is DNA safe to eat? Could antibiotic resistance.
Biology Warm-up
A gene pool is the total number of genes of every individual in an interbreeding population.